NRA Plan Revised for Senate Test and Richberg Proposal
Washington May 16 Roosevelt and the NRA board approved a seven point plan to boost the recovery program. The Richberg plan calls for a two year extension and codes covering wages hours and child labor with voluntary codes and strong enforcement by injunctions and cease and desist orders. It aims to limit jurisdiction to interstate commerce and protect individuals and small businesses with hearings and safeguards.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Senate
White House
Donald Richberg
NRA Board
Georgia voters back repeal of 27 year old prohibition
Long Georgia drought ends as early returns from rural areas narrow the repeal lead. The tally shows repeal ahead by about 8,180 votes, with Savannah’s Chatham County as a key factor and Representative Spence Grayson steering the repeal forces. Unofficial figures include 74,730 for repeal and 69,086 against in one count, while beer and wines questions also surface with large support for ending the ban.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Chatham County
Savannah
Chatham
Spence Grayson
Associated Press
Flyer Killed in Pacific Fleet Maneuvers
Lieut. Matthias Wyatt a 26 year old flyer was killed when his plane plunged into the Pacific during fleet maneuvers. He is pictured with his bride to be Miss Jane Nowlin daughter of Sheriff Nowlin of Albion Michigan. Wyatt was aboard one of 18 planes sent to ward off an enemy attack.
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Lieut
Matthias Wyatt
Flyer
Pacific
Bride
Jane Nowlin
Sheriff Nowlin
Albion
Mich
Wyatt
Identity of Dead Trio Sought in Vermont Woods
Middlebury authorities scanned missing persons records for clues to the identities of three bodies found in sacks near a quiet woods. The victims, two women and a man, had two bullet holes in each head and lay decomposing for months. A skull was discovered when a bystander moved a stone—the trio was found along the Main Highway access path about five miles from Middlebury Center, grouped in an eight by eight foot patch.
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Middlebury
Main Highway
Dangue
Logan Mayor Election Contest Highlights Irregular Ballots
A Logan election contest before the city council alleges irregularities in ballots cast in the mayoral race. Republican challenger Dale O Wiley claims 112 ballots were illegally cast and some voters were nonresidents. The hearing, expected to last about two weeks, involves incumbent mayor B Carl Eddings.
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Logan
B. Carl Eddings
Dale O. Wiley
Eddings
Stock Prices Hit Peak Since July Last Year
New York May 16 stock market rose amid heavy buying waves. Financial news notes a strong upswing after months of volatility, with major indices climbing and traders citing renewed confidence and demand across sectors.
Old Fashioned Method Saves Baby From Choking
Bluefield may 16 a baby girl choked but survived after an old fashioned method saved her while a doctor could not act in time. The report notes active trading with prices rising one dollar and a share amid market turmoil as other local items and a sewing room business are mentioned.
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Bluefield
Ella Moor
Jane
West Virginia Midland Rail road to operate Sutton to Elkins
A new railroad company, the West Virginia Midland Rail road Company, gains incorporation in West Virginia and is authorized to operate from Sutton to Elkins. The line is capitalized at 100000 dollars by Norman T. Bolles, Hugh Hoffman, and C. B. Lyon, all of New York City.
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Charleston
West Virginia
West Virginia Midland Railroad Company
Sutton
Elkins
Norman T. Bolles
Hugh Hoffman
C. B. Lyon
New York City
Valley Group Meet Tonight in Upper Monongahela Plan
President Joseph Rosier of Fairmont State Teachers' College will address the Valley Group meeting in Fairmont to organize Taylor county in the Upper Monongahela Development Association. Temporary Chairman Mayor E. O. Waugh presides at 7:30 PM in the circuit court room as the group aims to perfect a permanent leadership team and planning board.
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Joseph Rosier
Fairmont State Teachers’ College of
Brother of Killer Victim Beaten in Wetzel County
William Yost of Hundred lies in serious condition after a highway beating. His sister Myrtle Davis, held in Wetzel county jail for the murder of her husband last fall, recently killed herself while awaiting trial.
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Wheeling
William Yost
Hundred
Myrtle Davis
Wetzel County
Knights Templar Conclave Ends With New West Virginia Officers
In Clarksburg Sir Thomas L. Feazell of Mount Hope Commandery No 22 was named grand captain of the guard by Grand Commander Sir Horace D. Gast, completing the 1936 officer slate at the sixty first annual conclave. Installation featured elaborate ritual and a closing address by Sir Mark Norris of Grand Rapids Michigan as attendees planned 1936 host city selection.
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Clarksburg
Thomas L. Feazell
Mount Hope Commandery No
Guard
Knights Templar
West Virginia
Horace D. Gast
Mount Hope
Feazell
Grand Commandery
Mark Norris
Grand Rapids
Mich
United States of America
Store Fixtures Begin Installation Friday at Grafton Liquor Store
Work on installing equipment in the Taylor County Bank building the site of Grafton's state liquor store will start Friday. Three state liquor commission employees will install shelves and bins along the right wall the center floor and back rooms. Dispatch notes no word yet from P. M. Harrison Clarksburg representative about the opening date or the store manager and office staff.
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Taylor County Bank
Grafton
State Liquor Commission
Clarksburg
P. M. Harrison
Youth saved by sacrifice after leg torn by switch
In Charleston on May 16 an 11 year old boy named James Bidd had his foot caught in a railroad switch. He and companions tried to free him and flag a train but failed. He waited until the train was nearly upon them and threw himself aside. his foot was severed.
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Charleston
James Bidd
Star Witness Examined by Alienists in Kidnap Trial
In Wheeling on May 16 federal judges halted the Bowen Thorn ton kidnap case to await two psychiatrists report on Eugene McConnaughey the government star witness. If deemed insane the prosecution could lose the witness. if sane he may testify. The trial resumes after the recess.
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Wheeling
Thurman Bowen
Harry Thornton
Betty Bloch Harris
Wheeling Tobacco
William E. Baker
Eugene McConnaughey
Thornton
Bowen
Charles A. Wingerter
A. L. Osterman
McConnaughey
Baker
New Acting Director of State FHA Named
Parkersburg May 16. E R McReynolds of Washington is named acting state director of the Federal Housing Administration in West Virginia. He will serve until a successor is named for O S Hawkins of Parkersburg, who announced yesterday his resignation sent to Washington May 12. Hawkins had been director since November 5 and declined to comment on the reason for resigning.
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Parkersburg
E. R. McReynolds
Washington
Federal Housing Administration
West Virginia
O. S. Hawkins
Hawkins
FHA
Brakes Fail on Truck Kill West Penn Man at Shinnston
A truck rolling downhill due to brake failure struck a Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co. vehicle in Shinnston. Pete Cohen, 40, of Monongahela was crushed to death. two others injured. Mike Monahan of Uniontown, the truck driver, was questioned by state police.
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Clarksburg
Shinnston
Pete Cohen
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company
Mike Monahan
Uniontown
March of Farmers Stirs New Senatorial Struggle
Washington May 16 A mixed farmer delegation drew sharp lines in the senate over the New Deal agrarian policy. Senator Hastings of Delaware pressed a resolution alleging AAA subsidies, while Secretary Wallace denied any AAA ties to the demonstration and welcomed investigation.
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March of Farmers
Washington
Senate
Benator Hastings
Del
Ton
AAA
Wallace
Hastings
Hoover Attacks NRA as Monopolistic, Un-American
Former President Hoover denounces the NRA as a system of monopolies harming competition and harming local communities. He urges abolition of the agency and criticizes codes as anti free enterprise.
Industrial Executives Back Security Plan With Changes
Washington reports that 50 major industrial executives on the administration's business advisory council expressed sympathy for the administration's social security objectives while urging changes to spur steady employment by employers. Simultaneously the Senate Finance Committee altered the social security bill to permit individual company unemployment reserve funds as in Wisconsin, but did not finalize the broader economic protection measure.
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Washington
Business Advisory Council
Senate Finance Committee
Wisconsin
Col. Johnson to Speak at Memorial Day Services
Col Louis Johnson, immediate past national commander of the American Legion, will deliver the annual May 30 Memorial Day address at the National Cemetery here. The invitation was announced today by his Clarksburg office and extended by the Memorial Day committee.
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National Cemetery
Louis Johnson
Clarksburg
Col. Johnson
Hoodlum and Girl Friend Slain in Ambush on Long Island
A hoodlum and his companion, a blonde woman, were killed in an ambush after leaving their car to enter an Sunnyside apartment. The man died instantly from five chest shots. the woman died later from a head wound. Police knew the suspect only by aliases Timothy Gallagher and Thomas Porter, with the woman's identity still unknown. Continued on page six.
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New York
Sunnyside
Long Island
Timothy Gallagher
Thomas Porter
Underworld
Former Grafton Youth Named Student Chief
Morgantown May 16 Independent Party newly formed non fraternity students won most offices in the WVU student election Blaker Herod of Morgantown formerly of Grafton is elected president of the student body for 1936 The party also wins five of nine student council seats and several minor offices including editors of the Anthenaeum and Monticola.
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Morgantown
Independent Party
Blaker Herod
Grafton
West Virginia University
Monticola
Landslide Fears Rise After Heavy Rain in Chesapeake
Huntington May 16. Heavy rainfall threatens homes in Chesapeake across the Ohio River as a landslide carrying boulders described as big as a house slips narrowly by.
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Huntington
Chesapeake
Ohio River
Roosevelt vows veto of Patman bonus bill
The White House announced President Roosevelt will veto the Patman bonus bill and hopes Congress will support the veto. Senator Barry said the president is not acting for political reasons and the timing of the veto message will be sent soon. Bankers oppose payment and reports indicate the veto may be sustained in the Senate.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Stephen Early
Barry
Senate
Getz Predicts Ongop Pick for 1938 Campaign
Washington May 16 A prediction by George F Getz treasurer of the Republican National Committee that a new face will be in the center of the Republican picture when the 1938 campaign rolls around. Getz spoke at a fund raising conference and said he would be a new face likely to be a presidential nominee. Representative James Wadsworth of New York voiced optimism noting public sentiment turning against Roosevelt. The report continues on another page.
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Washington
George F. Geta
Getz
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
James Wadsworth
Ite
Deshi Wadsworth
New Yorker
Tee. Crise Presented by G, 1.8 Senline Friday
The fragment notes an event titled Tee. Crise presented by G with a schedule on Friday May 17 at 8:15. It appears to be a high school related notice with limited readable detail.
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G. 1
Senline
High School
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